5 Minutes With ...Tim Morrison
How well do you you know BHZ? Sure, you can probably rattle off the year we started brewing and we’d even bet you can name a good number of beers. But you know what really WOWS? Knowing our people!
Keep following our 5 Minutes With … series, come into the taproom, and meet some of the great people that make BHZ happen, like Tim Morrison.
Great beer leads to great company—and at Barrel House Z, we’re spoiled with both!
To show our appreciation, we want to introduce you to someone who has a big impact on the Barrel House Z beers you love. In a year of social distancing, she LITERALLY has a hand (gloved, of course) in brewing all our beers.
Sit back, crack a cold one, and read along. Here’s 5 Minutes With ... Laurel Schenck!
Fun Fact: Brian’s chin hasn’t seen the sun since 2012. We done, sir!
At Barrel House Z, we love brewing. We love making beer and hard seltzer, sharing a pint with friends + neighbors, and providing a warm, welcoming taproom! In order to do what we love, we have a team of talented individuals who keep everything running smoothly. We wouldn’t be here without them.
“5 Minutes With …” will celebrate all the amazing people on Team BHZ. So, without further delay, we’re kicking off with Brian Quinlan.
What’s your position at Barrel House Z? I’m a server. I’ve also helped the brewers and worked the door.
How long have you worked at here? A little over 2 years.
What makes Barrel House Z such a great place to work? Staff and guests. Our staff is a wily, eclectic bunch whose professions and talents extend far + wide. The mix of different voices from the staff AND guests creates an ever-interesting environment.
Why should beer enthusiasts visit? The beer—and hard seltzer! We’re always producing interesting, complex pours. We’ve got our core beers, as well as some rare birds, which keep people coming back.
Favorite thing about working in the craft beer? Herman Melville once wrote, "There is all the difference in the world between paying and being paid.” I try to practice that philosophy with all my hobbies, especially when it comes to going to breweries and trying new beers.
Favorite beer … at BHZ and of all time? Right now, my favorite BHZ beer is Townie. It’s well balanced, which is what I look for in almost any beer. My all-time favorite would be BHZ’s Blonde Bomber. It was a complex, rich, coffee barrel-aged blonde, spiced with orange peel, and for 10% - 12% ABV, deceptively smooth.
If you could have a beer with anyone–dead or alive–who would it be and why? My mom, she passed when I was 21. I could going on and on about how amazing it would be to talk to authors and storytellers whose ideas inspire me. However, none of them holds a candle to my mom.
Favorite non-alcoholic beverage? Coffee. When done right, coffee, much like pizza and beer, is incredible.
Ocean or lake? Lake, but I go both ways.
What skill should everyone have? The ability to prepare a meal. You don’t have to be a five-star chef, but everyone should be able to make a meal.
Josh Sarnowitz | contributor
Josh is a communications professional and craft beer enthusiast. He’s a Massachusetts native who recently moved back the South Shore. (Welcome back, Josh!) When not visiting new breweries or playing sports, you can find him fishing – follow along on IG @ExploreTheShoreFishing
Truth told: we love hard seltzer.
This love isn’t unconditional though: we only love really good hard seltzer. Hard seltzer that’s brewed in small batches. That uses natural fruit for flavor. That pours with a beautiful haze. Our lemon hard seltzer just re-released and as always, it’s gloriously hazy and bursting with lemon. BHZ seltzer fans love every tart, crisp, refreshing, and low-ABV sip (only 4% ).
It’s also worth noting that our hard lemon seltzer possesses a wonderful, super-power as a mix-in. In fact, you can have a whole lot of quarantine fun playing mixologist. And if you need a few drink ideas to get you started on this fun, new side hustle, read on. We’ve got you covered.
Chaz Boggini is one of our favorite people! He was an early BHZer, selling beer and bringing lots of fun to our team with his super-positive attitude. No surprise that a guy with this much can-do would want to do his own thing at some point. So when he left Barrel House Z to help develop Paragon Board Walk, we were thrilled to wish him well on this new adventure.
Paragon Board Walk may be quiet during quarantine, but big things are in the works! Stay tuned.
Here’s the 5-min what’s what with Chaz!
Break Up Your Quarantine with Stay-at-Home Bingo Cards.
While it’s only a month or so, it feels like we’ve been advised to stay home for years. While you’re indoors, it’s easy to get a little stir crazy. Luckily, you can make the most of it with a little spin on classic bingo!
We’re all in this together — and that goes for how we’re acclimating to life spent primarily in the house either working, with roommates or family, or a combination of both.
Below are two bingo cards you can use to add a little spice into your day. Share them with friends and family to play together virtually or print them out to play at home.
If you’re working from home, check off every square that applies to your workday. Don’t worry if you’re not using Zoom for your video conferencing (and we won’t judge if you’re pouring something stronger than beers), if it’s close enough you can mark it off.
However you play, make sure you mark them up and share them on Instagram with #BHZbeerandcheer! Your choice whether you want to drink after each “bingo” or after each square.
Enjoy!
Author: Greg Desrosiers A southern New England native, Greg Desrosiers been writing about the local beer scene and related current events for more than six years and recently launched Barley Noticed, a marketing and communications company for the food and beverage industry. Find him and his illustrious beard raising a pint and talking Sox in a taproom near you or wrangling his doggo, Beans.
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